Description
Studio portrait of Phillip Frederick Edward (Peter) Schuler (1889-1917). A correspondent for the Melbourne Age, Schuler wrote evocatively about the Gallipoli campaign. A great friend of Charles Bean, Schuler enlisted following his time as a war correspondent and was commissioned as a Lieutenant. Wounded in action at the battle of Messines, he died of wounds on 23 June 1917.
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Accession Number
AWM2016.630.1
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Measurement
Overall: 30.3 cm x 20.8 cm
Image: 20.1 cm x 14.3 cm
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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